Re: mtrr

David Wragg (dpw@doc.ic.ac.uk)
03 Aug 1998 19:27:52 +0000

Tom Rini <tmrini@ntplx.net> writes:
> The docs for mtrr say that it can speedup graphical usage upto 2.5, and
> the Docs provide examples on howto read/add to /proc/mtrr, but are there
> any apps that make use of it? or do all you have to do is turn on the
> config option and then turn it on like the file says it would be used by X
> (or would it need a patch to use as well as manipulate?) and framebuffers?

I've modified XFree86 to manipulate /proc/mtrr appropriately. The
patch against the development version has been submitted to the head
honchos at XFree86. However, that won't appear until XFree86 4.0,
which is some way off.

--
Dave Wragg


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